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    in the lower class of society, Father Greg was also in the low class of society in the community of Los Angeles (Homeboy Industries). Father Greg came from a poor family which struggled with supporting all of their eight children. Also, Micah spoke to the destitute people of Judah and criticized the corrupt leaders and kings. Similarly, Father Greg reaches out to the poor criminals of Los Angeles and wants to help gang members who want to turn their life around due to their past. Both aimed to help

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    COINTELPRO played a key role in creating political problems between BPP and US Organization by sending forged letters to each group. Karenga and Bunchy Carter had different view how to lead black community. The Watts urban Uprising started when Los Angeles African American community took to the streets after black man was detained for accused of drunken driving. Riot soon started by residents of Watt neighborhood who were resentful

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    It’s not hard to say that America has come so far into society and our freedom. How can our country forget when slavery ended in 1865 and gave women more rights in 1920. However, over time America has ignored the basic rights of transgender people. Transgender people are not any different from African Americans, or women. Why should they be treated any different, they're humans just like everybody else. They deserve the same basic treatment as a human rather than being treated like they're not from

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    glutted on humanity. Its first bloodletting of that season of the Devil occurred on the warm evening of June 28, 1984, when an earth-bound Lucifer found his way into the small Glassel Park apartment of 79-year-old Jennie Vincow. Throughout the Los Angeles area a damp humidity had oppressed the air that day, and when the evening came and the temperature slightly cooled, Jennie left her window open to invite what little breeze there might be into her flat. Like a fallen leaf, decayed and tossed

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    in Los Angeles, and to improve their technology. So, they expanded from Pittsburgh to San Francisco, working at First Round Capital on every desk they had until they moved into their own space in May two thousand and ten. In June they raised another twenty-million dollars. A couple months later, in September, they get their first real setup in Los Angeles, and they started doing this loop between San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Pittsburgh. Susan and Eric hired a whole new team in Los Angeles, people

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    Food Not Bomb In the Sex and Social Justice by Martha C. Nussbaum, She believes that without certain traits, a life will fall short of being a good life. She calls these traits, “Central Human Functional Capabilities”, and there are ten in total. She argues that the role of public policy should focus on those capabilities in order to ensure and promote a good quality of life for a society or country. If public policy focused on the Human Capabilities she discusses, than that is a way of creating

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    Case Study: Mid-Town

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    Christine Wright to consult about customers concerns. Mid-Town is a regional office supply distributor that has been in business for 12 years and has a warehouse in Cucamonga, on the eastern outlining area of Los Angeles. Ron has been assigned a new territory, which consists of the downtown Los Angeles area, and he is preparing for objections from this customer base when he commences to calling on them (Johnston & Marshall, 2009). Mid-Town offers their products at volume discounts and strives on providing

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    (2015). A childcare center is a service so the operations are all of the day-to-day things that go into running the center. For example, the hours of operation, the food that is fed, the hour-to-hour schedule, how the center is cleaned, etc. (Los Angeles Universal Preschool, n.d.). When opening a childcare center the location is very important, the location and set up of the space dictates how the operation is performed. Employees are a very important part of how a childcare center’s operations

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    Introduction Level of lifetime physical activity is often used as an indicator of the overall health of a population. Lack of physical activity has been identified as one of the major contributing factors of chronic health conditions, such as Hypertension, Obesity, and Type II Diabetes. These conditions are now linked to the growing trend of sedentary lifestyle that currently exist in today 's youth. According to the CDC, at least 30 minutes of physical activity is recommended daily, to maintain

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    The Untold Stories of Violence in Chicano and Chicana Art “Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak. Non-violence is hard work. It is the willingness to sacrifice. It is the patience to win.” Cesar E. Chavez In the art world the artwork that comes from the brilliant minds of Chicanos and Chicanas is more than just art. Its art with a cause that many of Chicanos can relate to because of the themes that are depicted throughout the art for viewers. Chicano

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